Sen. Mark Warner: “Congress will have to set social media regulations” … says the “era of the Wild West in social media” is over

( Natural News ) Total censorship of the internet is headed our way — and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is driving the bus. Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has drafted up a 20-point plan for full-blown government seizure of the Internet of Things. The Left is launching an all-out war on American freedom by instituting policies that echo those seen in Communist China, where the internet and journalism are strictly controlled and tightly monitored. The IoT is ultimately a public platform, no different than a town square or other public space — and therefore, should not be subject to censorship. The left-wing is set on trampling all over the First Amendment rights of American citizens — and Warner has just written up a 23-page piece of legislation to get the ball rolling. If they don’t like what you have to say, Democrats want to take away your right to say it. Legislative attack on free speech begins On Capitol Hill, Warner and his political cohorts grilled Silicon Valley leaders over the vulnerabilities of a free, unregulated IoT. Warner contended, “The era of the Wild West in social media is coming to an end, where we go from here, though, is an open question.” According to him, it’s time for Congress to butt in. The answer to the question of regulating the IoT is not censorship — at least not in the United States. Regulating the internet will, ultimately, lead to the regulation of the free press. And when government regulates speech, it is no longer “free.” Under the poorly fitted guise of “public good,” leftists like Warner propose that the government can “protect” the public from dangerous thoughts by regulating the IoT, and instituting pathways for government to “educate” people on “media literacy” and for […]

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